Washington writer hopes RG III becomes 'Touchdown Threesus'

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Washington quarterback Robert Griffin III scrambles away from the rush of Dallas linebacker Anthony Spencer (93) in the first quarter during the Washington Redskins vs. the Dallas Cowboys NFL football game at Cowboys Stadium in Arlington on Thursday, November 22, 2012.

Washington Post columnist Mike Wise writes about the Redskins in his year-in-review:

The
impossibly high expectations for (Robert) Griffin were actually realized — in
his first game! Carving up the Saints in a playoff atmosphere in New
Orleans, the kid arrived with a bang.

But that debut and more
highlights would be followed by defensive misery, more galling losses
and the three faces of Shanahan: good Shanny, bad Shanny and beet-red,
evaluation-mode Shanny.

Yet with the season's relevancy in doubt,
the coach and his option-read quarterback faked out their NFC East
rivals with a deceptive shell game, one that amounted to 69 points in
back-to-back wins over the Philadelphia Eagles and Dallas Cowboys and, more important, a renewed sense of purpose in the team's final seven games.

If
they pull this surreal run off, beat Dallas, win their final seven
games and the division and host just the second playoff game of the
Daniel Snyder ownership era, RGIII and friends might just make this the
most memorable sports year ever in Washington.

As a massive "Sunday Night Football" telecast nears, it has to be asked:

Can
Griffin and the Redskins cleanse the wounds of all those
psychologically scarring losses of years past this holiday season? In
the month that celebrates Hanukkah, Kwanzaa and the birth of the baby
Jesus, can we be delivered by Touchdown Threesus?

Bigger question yet: Is this all a tremendously corny reach? Most certainly.

But,
hey, if the kid somehow does perform another on-field miracle, doesn't
this at the least all have to go down as Shanahan's Immaculate
Perception?